The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to stay away from "homeopathic" human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG) weight loss products that are sold in the form of oral drops, pellets and sprays. They can be purchased online or in retail stores.
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Last week a woman called into our radio show and expressed concern that a retreat house in Pennsylvania was distributing free booklets to teens that contained the locutions of a woman named "Anne" who claims she has been receiving messages from Jesus and Mary. She asked us to do a little research on the matter.
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The number of seizures and other physical reactions to a particular scene in the new
Twilight movie is has prompted an epilepsy foundation to warn viewers away from the film.
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AK asks: "
My 8 yr old son is just dying to play a video game called "Skylander". My first impression after about 1 minute of looking at a you tube trailer online for it was that it was "new age". . .
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Rome's chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth, has reignited the debate over whether Christians can practice yoga by declaring that both yoga and Harry Potter are tools of the devil.
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In what should serve as a warning to many who follow after the mostly non-credentialed gurus who populate the New Age self-help industry, the once popular James Arthur Ray, a favorite of Oprah Winfrey, was sentenced to two years in prison for the grisly deaths of three people during a New Age sweat-lodge ceremony near Sedona, Arizona in October, 2009.
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JS writes: "
My son recently was given "BeyBlades" for his birthday. They are quite popular and based on the Cartoon Network show BeyBlades. There are different symbols on each of the beyblades and I was wondering if this toy and show are tied to the occult."
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DS writes:
" Several years ago in Shreveport, Louisiana, a traveling Jesuit came to our parish with these 2 [Renew] programs, filling heads with a lot of nonsense, which some believed. Sorry to say, I was one of them. Could you speak to the Renew program?"
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A resurgence of belief in the power of human sacrifice is sparking terror in the communities surrounding the Ugandan capital of Kampala where hundreds of innocent children are being slaughtered.
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A new study, believed to be one of the largest ever conducted, has found that conventional stretching exercises are as effective in relieving lower back pain as yoga, which discounts the popularly held notion that yoga is superior to other forms of exercise.
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